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I love me some Crypts of Chaos!

But it says it's organic.  I'm afraid it might turn me into a vegan.

WOW!  Nice ones. 

What a great score! That feeling is so awesome! Congrats!

Just finished eating breakfast on our cape cod vacation and saw an interesting store (Greg's used books), figured I'd kill some time while my wife went into a shoe store. Place was very cool, other than used books they had some records, movies, board games and best of all games. Picked up these carts, all pretty rare. It's not often I find carts I dont have in the wild, especially this many. Owner was very cool also.

I'm very familiar with Garp.  A movie I really liked that I made a lot of friends watch.

I took these photos in the last two weeks. (That house on the left of the second photo is the house from Garp, affectionately known as "The Garp House".)
 
 
 
 
 

The World According to Garp was filmed here.
 
Here's a pretty cool drone video I just found:

(Camp Wooten must be the nickname the author's gave to their house. There's no such place.)
 
 
There are a few vids on Youtube, but they don't really capture the place that well. I'll try to do that for you all.
 
What makes this place unique is how much effort has gone in to making it a secluded place. There's nothing here on purpose, to keep tourists away.
 
The eastern half of the island is private. You need to purchase a sticker for your car to drive past the gate house (a summer job I had in '96 & '97).  $250 per car (only $40 for year-rounders!!) and it's a bit of a hike if you wanted to walk from the ferry. And if you wanted to bring a bike? No charge for a bike sticker, but the ferry charges $55 (!!!!!) to bring a bike over! The fee for a car is $56 in the summer & $40 the rest of the year and that doesn't include the passenger fare. (Again, year-round residents get a significant break on that.)
 
There's literally a grocery store (open year-round, but funky hours, especially in the winter & very expensive), a cafe that's open from June through August, the bar (which now serves pizza!) open from June until about the week after Labor Day, an ice cream store (June - Sept.) & a liquor store (year-round of course). That's it. There's two private clubs with tennis & golf (one course is ranked #11 in Golf Digest's Top US Courses this year) but you & I aren't getting in there without knowing someone.
 
That's my long way of trying to say there's drips & draps of articles & videos showing this place, but they don't show much & a lot of what's shared is inaccurate. I'll give you all the straight dope on why I think it's so great. 

I can't wait to hear about it.   Take lots of pics, that place looks like something out of a movie

I can't wait to hear about it.   Take lots of pics, that place looks like something out of a movie

I'll turn this into an epic thread! (Hopefully)
 
So, some back story on the whole "life-long dream" thing.
 
My father grew up on Fishers. He was one of seven children. He lived here from 1944 until he joined the Navy in '62 of '63. (Interesting aside, his aircraft carrier picked up two Project Mercury astronauts after splashdown.)
 
One of his brothers has never left the island. He's still here today. Another brother & two sisters had summer homes here. One sister married a wonderful man who is the reason I'm here now, but that's a longer story for another day.
 
Some of my earliest memories all involve visiting Fishers Island. I spent many summer weekends & weeks here from the time I was an infant until I graduated high school. One of my best Thanksgivings was spent here.
 
As I grew older, it was more difficult to spend time here. My cousins were grown up too & had their own families. I hate inviting myself places and so my visits were infrequent, but still magical.
 
In future post, I'll get into a lot of the experiences I had as a child that made me fall in love with the place, as well as how I ended up finding a job & a home here, and what my current days are like. Hopefully it won't be too boring.
 
One other thing I've always dreamt of doing was joining the fire department here. (volunteer) I had uncles that were members and spent time at different functions that took place at the fire house growing up. You need to be a year-round resident to join, so obviously I never thought it would happen. Well, I'm a resident now. 
 
http://fishersisland.net/8-fishers-islanders-enroll-scfa-firefighter-course/

That looks like a gorgeous place to live!   

That looks like a gorgeous place to live!   

Or, "Why I Can't Camp Out for Toys Anymore".
 
And, no, my home is not even close to what's described here & yes, there really is nothing here. But it is truly beautiful & special. I doubt there are many "true" communities that exist that can compare to the 250 of us who live here year-round.
 
http://nypost.com/2017/06/28/the-secret-new-york-island-you-need-to-buy-into/

Oh my, I have two that are hugely beat up. I didn't know they could be restored.

This guy's channel is dedicated to restoring and customizing Hot Wheels cars, and its oh so satisfying to watch.
 

The link Lee provided is a good one.  It will consume hours.  There's so much good info there. 

The wiki page lists the members.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Sky_Rangers

 

The wiki page lists the members.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Sky_Rangers

 

Perhaps this will help:
http://doom.wikia.com/wiki/How_to_download_and_run_Doom

There's a link to the final release shareware version of the original Doom for DOS.

If someone doesn't take you up on Fire Fly, they're missing out!

Newly available for trade/sale:
 
Atari 2600 -- loose carts
 
Activision Decathlon
Basic Programming (picture label)
Dragonfire
Eggomania
Enduro (blue label)
Fire Fly
Kool-Aid Man
Q*Bert (red label)
RealSports Volleyball Sky Skipper
Spitfire Attack Trick Shot (text label) Wizard of Wor   Intellivision   Las Vegas Poker & Blackjack (CIB excellent condition w/overlays)
 
 
Happy to take photos for anyone interested.

Sounds promising.  

Be sure to go and take some pics so we can see their line-up!

Sounds promising.  

Be sure to go and take some pics so we can see their line-up!